Carburetor



. (No Model.)

I. W. SEALER.

GARBUEETOR.

No.278,Z81. PatentedMa'y 22,1883.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

IRA W. SEALER, OF BROOKLYN, N. 11, ASSIGNOR or one-HALF ro H. o.

' COVERT, on NEW YORK.

CARBURETOR.

SPECIFICATION, formingpart of Letters Patent No. 278,231, dated May 22, 1883. Application filed November il, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA WV. SEALER, of- Brooklyn, in Kings county, and the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Carburetors, of which the following is a specification. f

This improvement consists in the combination,with a carburetor, of a packing consisting of wool-flock. l

The improvement also consists in the com bination, with the chamber of a carburetor, through which air may circulate automatically by reason of the specific gravity it acquires after becoming carbnreted, and which is provided with an air-inlet at the top andan airoutlet at some distance below the top, of apacking consisting of a number of upright cylinders open at their upper ends and perforated throughout their length, and'flock or analogous material loosely packedin said cylinders, whereby passages through which the air may *"i'fdel y pass are maintained.

The improvement also consists in the combination, with the chamber of a carburetor provided with an air-inlet at or near the top and an outlet pipe or pipes at a considerable distance below the top, of a packing consisting of a number of upright cylinders open at their upper ends and perforated throughout their length, and flock or analogous material loosely,

packed in said cylinders, and a duct or ducts leading frpm said outlet pipe 'or pipes to the loweiTiartofthechamber.

The im rovement also consists in the combination, with a carburetor, of a novel arrange -j mentof "he outlet-pipes and burners, herein:

after particularly described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a carburetor embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2 isa horizontal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

.A designates the carbureting-chamber. As shown, it is mounted on a pedestal or base- 1 piece, 13, so that it may be stood upon a table or other support. It may be made of sheet metahas usual. It contains a packing con- 3 l sisting of wool-flock placed in perforated cylinders G, which preferably will be made of sheet 1 metal. These cylinders are arranged side by side in vertical positions, free spaces for the passage of air being left between them, as may be seen in Fig. 2. 1 have discovered that woolflock, which is the'refuse left in carding wool,

or resulting from shearing woolen cloth, possesses remarkably valuable attributes for a ea-rburetor-packing,. in that it has great capiL' larity and will not becomeclogged by use as soon as the materials ordinarily used as carburetor-packings.

D designates the air-inlet pipe. It communicates. with the top of the carbureting-chamhere, and is provided with a cock, D, whereby the passage of air through it can be controlled. As a means of safety, an inverted cone of perforated sheet metal or wire-gauze is inserted in the chamber A below the inletpipe D. l

E designates outlet-pipes for the carbureted air. As shown, they are three in number. They extend from the carbureting-chamber at a pointconsiderably above its bottom to a pipe, G, which chamber, and is provided with burners H. .As here shown, the annular pipe G is composed of three sections, united by couplings to which the pipes E are connected. Each coupling is in communication with one section, and closes the end of the adjacent section. Each pipe E is provided with a cock, F. By opening or closing the cock F of any pipe E the carbureted air may be admitted to or shut off from a the section of the E communicates.

It is advantageous to connect the outletpipes E with the carbureting-chamber above pipe G with which such pipe its bottom, because thenhydrocarbon liquid which may collect on the bottom cannot pass outthrough the outlet-pipes. I preferablyprovide the interior of the chamberA with ducts I, which communicate with the ends of the outlet-pipes and lead nearly to the bottom of the chamber. These ducts are open at the bottom. Bythis means the aircannot enter the outletpipes until after it has passed nearly to the bottom of the carbureting-chamber. The lower ends of these ducts I are provided with wiregauze or perforated metal, for the sake of securing the greatest possible safety.

The burners H may be made of sheet metal,

surrounds the lower part of the said and are provided with chambers a, which are '2 wager considerablylarger than the passages through 1 cylinders, whereby passages through which which the carbureted air is emitted. The carbureted air is therefore rarefied by the heat imparted to it during its passage through the burners.

1 do not seek to cover, broadly, wool-fiber as an absorbent or packing material for a carburetor, and only claim such material when in the form of flock; In this form it is homogeneous, and yet will not become readily clogged,

as will other material.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a carburetor, of a packing consisting of wool-flock, substantially as specified. Y Y 2. The combination, with the chamber of a carburetor, through which air may circulate automatically by reason of the specific gravity it acquires after becoming carbureted, and which is provided with an air-inlet-at the top and an air-outlet at some distance below the top, of a packing consisting'ot' a number of 'uprigh t cylinders open at their upper ends and perforated throughout their length, and flock or analogous material loosely packed in said the air may freely pass are maintained, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the chamber of a carburetor, provided with an air-inlet at or near the top and an outlet pipe or pipes at a considerable distance below the top, of a packing consisting of a number of upright cylinders open at their upper ends and perforated throughout their length, and flock or analo-- gous material loosely packed in said cylinders, and a duct or ducts leading from said outlet pipe or pipesto thelower part of the chamber, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a carburetor, ot' the annular pipe G, surrounding the same, and provided with the burners H, pipes E, leading from the carburetor to said annular pipe at about equidistant points, and cooks F, whereby the carbureted air may be admitted to the whole or a part of the annular pipe atpleasure, substantially as specified.

IRA W. SEALER.

I ,Witnessesz' i v '1. J. KEANE, JAMEs'R. BoWEN. 

